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Her MEGA loyal fans are known for going above and beyond to play homage to their icon.

And certainly, a recent concert at the Key Arena in Seattle was no different.

Performing on stage to an adoring crowd of some 17,500, the British songster picked out an impersonator from the crowd for special mention.

Indeed, the 28-year-old Oscar-winner even invited the drag queen artist – who looked gorgeously like Adele herself – onto the stage.

Named Kristie Champagne (although her real name is Kristopher Zello), Adele told her: "You look amazing, oh my gosh." She added gesturing at the full-length gown Kristie was wearing: "I really love that dress."

The drag queen, who performs as Adele twice a week, responded to her idol: "You seriously changed my life for the better." 

She also later shared snaps of her with the superstar on social media, captioning one image: "That moment you meet Adele… Your idol and inspiration… and you make the same dumb face you always make!"

 

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She certainly knows how to stir up the masses – and that's exactly what reality TV star Sam Faiers did recently when she decided to document on social media her breasting her young son, Paul.

The former Towie star captioned the Snapchat photo “milk and bed”, and in it the 25-year-old can be seen lying on her side with her seven-month-old latched on.

We reckon it's a gorgeous image, but seemingly not all her fans agree. Indeed, some were quick to criticise her, taking to Twitter to question why she would share the photo.

 

 

Thankfully, however, there were plenty of others who were quick to jump to her defence, with one describing it as "beautiful" and another saying "it was natural". 

 

 

 

 

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Let's face it – Kim Kardashian has at some stage or another rocked pretty much every hairstyle imaginable. 

From jet-black to platinum blonde, she's embraced it and made it her own.

And while she's clearly never afraid to experiment, the reality TV star usually sticks to longer, tumbling tresses rather than shorter looks.

Until now, that is.

Yesterday, Ms Kardashian stepped out for lunch in LA with the her husband of two-years rocking a seriously chic long bob that we just can't get enough of. 

That and she was ALL over Snapchat debuting the style – both at lunch and later as she attended the launch of sister Kylie Jenner's cosmetics line.

For their romantic meal-for-two – at the upmarket Ysabel eatery – Kimmy wore knit boots from her husband's Yzeey line, along with a khaki lace-up dress and a Louis Vuitton petite malle clutch.

The boots alone cost €840 while the designer bag would set you back a cool €3,850.

 

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Mum-of-two Kim, 36, also shared on Snapchat adorable posts featuring daughter North, three, and son Saint, eight months.

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The terrifying moment a young boy was spotted inside the rhino enclosure at Dublin Zoo has been captured by social media users.

Several images show the boy in the company of an adult male – who significantly is standing outside the fence. And with the same images being shared on Twitter, many observers understandably expressed their concern.

One user who was at the zoo on Saturday said she saw the boy in the enclosure for a 'good 20 minutes'.

Asking SHEmazing not be named but confirming the incident with us, she had previously told the Irish Daily Mail: "The child didn’t look scared and nobody really passed any heed on what he was doing.

"The child stood there for a good while and the man kept letting go of his hand and telling him to move further back to pose for a picture."

Rathmines-based architect Ciarán Ferrie also spotted the ordeal, sharing two photos via his Twitter account. 

A spokesperson for the zoo said over the weekend that the "matter is being taken care of internally".

Dublin Zoo keeps several white rhinos as part of its African Plains attraction.

When the Plains initially opened in 2001, the animals – including zebra, ostriches, and giraffe – mingled together. However, after a female rhino charged at and killed a zebra in 2009, the rhinos were segregated into their own space.

At the time, a zoo official stated that the incident was an accident, but added that "there are no guarantees when you're dealing with wild animals".

Three years ago also at Dublin, a two-year-old girl was mauled by a tapir during a supervised visit to the animal’s enclosure. She was left with deep cuts on her arm and stomach and underwent surgery in Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

A decade ago, a 16-year-old girl scaled a two-metre fence to reach the Siberian tiger enclosure. She subsequently received significant injuries to her limb.

A Cincinnati Zoo in June, a three-year-old boy fell into the gorilla enclosure – resulting in the shooting dead of the ape. The boy was unharmed.

In Morocco last month, an eight-year-old girl died after she was accidently struck by a rock thrown by an elephant at Rabat Zoo.

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Have you ever looked at the back of a packet of nuts and thought is it really necessary to state that the product does indeed contain nuts?  Well apparently it’s super important to acknowledge the obvious as not doing so can land retailers in a very award situation.

German retail giant Lidl is taking its own brand of fruit yoghurts and honey peanuts off its shelves because it forgot to state that the products may contain milk and nuts on the products’ packaging.

According to the Irish Independent, Lidl Ireland has released a statement saying: “Lidl Ireland is withdrawing the above batch of Alesto Cacahuetes/Amendoim, as the label and ingredients list are not in English.”

“The product contains peanuts and may also contain other nuts. This batch may be a risk to consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of peanut or its constituents.”

The Telegraph has also reported that the company is recalling its Milbona Fruit Yoghurts in the UK because yoghurt does indeed contain milk, but again the product packaging does not state that fact.

So if you are allergic to milk or nuts be sure to check if your yoghurts and peanuts contain those ingredients before consuming them.

 

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If there’s one place we don’t normally associate with glamour it’s the kitchen sink, so you can imagine our surprise when we came across a beauty blogger who uses ordinary kitchen sponges to achieve flawlessly curled hair.

After years of struggling with curling irons and twisting our locks around GHDs, vlogger Charmie Janee has shown us how curling should be done.

In an Instagram video which has now been view over 750,000 times, Charmie Janee demonstrates how she curls her lengthily brunette locks by wrapping thick strands of hair around regular sponges.

Once all of her hair has received the spongey treatment, Charmie seems to dampen the sponges before sleeping on her hair overnight.

The next morning she simply releases her locks from the sponges to find totally fabulous results.

Check it out below:

 

 

Heatless waves with dish sponges?? Say what?  I searched around and saw if it would actually work (and to confirm that I'm not going crazy). So then I saw beautyklove on YouTube curl her hair with bigger sponges, and I thought I would give it a go, however with those ordinary sponges you wash your dishes with (of course make sure it's not used ) I noticed the thicker the hair, the bigger the sponge you need to use, but my hair is thin so I used the small ones. Also, if you have thicker hair I would recommend using actual hair ties, and not elastics, to bring the sponges together @hudabeauty @hairmakeupdiary @allmodernmakeup @wakeupandmakeup Galantis- No Money (Two Friends Remix) #hairmakeupdiary #brian_champagne #melformakeup #wakeupandmakeup #hudabeauty #allmodernmakeup #hair_videos #hairvideodiary #shophudabeauty #makeuptutorialsx0x #styleartists  #maquillajesvideos #fashionarttut #Heatlesscurls #hairandnailfashion #1minutemakeup #loucaspormaquiagem #laurag_143 #makeupfanatic1 #makeupartistsworldwide #glamvids #videosbeauty #marysmotives #MakeUpClips #Shimycatsmua #makeupvideoss #justhairvids #hypnaughtypower #peachyqueenblog #Fakeupfix @hairarttut  @glamvids @hair.videos @hair.trending @hairvideodiary @styleartists

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It’s been almost 20 years since JK Rowling first introduced Harry Potter to the world and, sadly, it now seems that the boy wizard’s journey has finally come to an end.

Speaking at the premiere of the new Potter play in London on Saturday night, the best-selling author confirmed that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will mark the end of Harry’s adventures.

The beloved writer told Reuters: “He goes on a very big journey during these two plays and then, yeah, I think we're done.”

“This is the next generation, you know…so, I'm thrilled to see it realized so beautifully but, no, Harry is done now.”

Earlier this month the creators of the Harry Potter movies Warner Bros generated a host of speculation that The Cursed Child could be headed for the big screen when it was reported that they had submitted a trademark request for any potential film which may come from the play.

However a spokesperson for Rowling later said that there were no plans for a ninth Hogwarts flick and that the trademark application was merely “standard practice”.

For now Potter fans will still be able to experience Harry’s story in new ways as The Cursed Child script has just been released for purchase and the play looks set to run in London’s West End until at least December 2017.

 

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When Tom Vaughan-Lawlor first appeared on our screens as Love/Hate baddie Nidge we knew the Dundrum native was something special, and now it seems Oscar nominee Bryan Cranston agrees.

The Breaking Bad lead has described Tom as “dangerously talented” after getting to know the Trinity graduate while working with him on their upcoming movie The Infiltrator.

Brian told The Irish Sun: “Tom was a dream to work with. An absolute dream. Immensely talented, I’d go as far to say, dangerously talented.”

He said: “[Tom’s] sensibilities and his instincts were always on point. He’s chameleonic in his performance.”

“It was a masterclass and he will conquer wherever and whatever he does in the future.”

“And not to mention, [he was] a genuinely lovely warm guy. But that’s what you always get with the Irish.”  Awh Brian, you sure know how to say the right things!

The Infiltrator is based on the true story of a US agent who went undercover to break down Pablo Escobar's famous drug trafficking gang.

The movie is set for released this September.

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Following a month of speculation, Made in Chelsea's Nicola Hughes has reportedly confirmed her romance with Cheryl's ex-husband Jean Bernard Fernandez-Versini.

The Sandyford native sparked romance rumours just over a month ago when she was spotted leaving London’s Chiltern Firehouse with the famous Frenchman and now Nicola has revealed that she and the restaurateur have been in touch ever since.

The 26-year-old model told The Daily Star: “He’s a friend of a friend. He was a nice bloke. And yes, we’ve been in touch since that night.”  Ooohh!

But it seems the pair aren’t taking their budding romance too seriously just yet as she told the paper: “Single life is fantastic.”

Nicola starred in RTE’s Exiles reality series before making her Made in Chelsea debut as Alex Mytton’s girlfriend and although the pair have since ended their relationship, the Dubliner has confirmed that she is signed with the reality show until the end of this year.

That said, it seems Nicola will not be featured in the upcoming series Made in Chelsea: South of France as she told The Daily Star:  “I didn’t film anything in France. Let’s just say there was a lot of backstabbing I didn’t want to get involved in.”

 

 

Posers

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Made In Chelsea: South of France kicks off tomorrow at 9pm on E4.

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Sometimes lipstick gets on teeth – it’s awkward, it’s embarrassing, it happens.

And when most people discover they’ve flashed a less than pearly smile, they wipe away the damage and try to pretend like it was never there.  But as the latest instalment of ‘lipstick gate’ has shown, Jodie Marsh is not most people.

The glamour model has taken to social media once again to blast This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby for not warning her she had lippie-smeared teeth while on the show almost a month ago but, as anyone who’s been following the bizarre dispute will know, Holly did actually point out Jodie’s coloured smile on the This Morning set.

 

 

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After Jodie shared a picture on Twitter stating “there's a special place in Hell for a woman who does not tell another woman when she has lipstick on her teeth,” Holly used Instagram to post a quick gif of her informing Jodie of the lipstick issue.

Now Jodie has fired back with a Wedding Singer clip in which Adam Sandler can be heard shouting: “Once again things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY.”

And just to be sure everyone knows she is still talking about that same lipstick incident, Jodie wrote: “When you’ve just done an interview on live TV and you’ve had lipstick on your teeth and the interviewer only tells you when the interview is finished and you’re going off air…Makes you feel like…wahahahahaha soak it up people.  Soak it up…”

 

Erm, ok?

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Back in 2011 Kate Moss gave the world major boho wedding inspo when she married The Kills guitarist Jamie Hince, and it seems the model could be set to do it all over again as she is reportedly engaged to her partner of one year Count Nikolai von Bismarck. 

The Mirror has reported that the 29-year-old aristocrat got down on one knee in a Venetian restaurant last month before telling the 42-year-old supermodel that he loves her in Italian.  

The owner of Ristorante da Ivo – the high-end restaurant where the proposal is said to have taken place – told The Mirror that Nikolai booked a table under a false name and waited until everyone had left the venue before he proposed to Kate.

Restauranteur Giovanni Fracassi said: “She is very ­beautiful and they were laughing and cuddling all night.”

“He chose his special moment after they ate soft shell crab and white truffle pasta, and everyone had gone home at 1am.”

“He shouted out ‘ti amo’, and then went down on his knee. It was very romantic.”

“They were very much in love and she seemed so happy, I never saw her so happy before.”

Kate has since been snapped out in London wearing a new sapphire on her ring finger.

Unfortunately it could be a while before the couple actually walk down the aisle as Kate is still technically married to Jamie Hince who she separated from last year.

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Scott Disick may no longer be with his baby mamma Kourtney Kardashian, but that doesn't mean his relationship with Kourtney's younger brother Rob has suffered.

The Lord's long-running bromance with the father-to-be reached a new milestone recently as Scott shared some parenting advice with Rob.

Scott – who is the father of six-year-old Mason, four-year-old Penelope and one-year-old Reign – advised Rob "not to get ahead of himself" and to treat "everyday like it's a new day" when his first child with Blac Chyna arrives this Autumn.

The reality star told Rob to "be present, be happy…have a positive energy and a positive vibe so [his] child comes into the world with a positive energy".

Speaking candidly about his friend, Scott told E! News: "I think he's going to be unbelievable. He's got one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen. He's just an amazing guy and I'm so happy for him."

He said: "Rob is like my brother and I love him more than anybody in the world. I've been around with him and helping out where he needs help and kind of showing him the ropes of what it's going to be like to be a new dad."

The 33-year-old New Yorker also explained that Rob's child will be more like a brother or sister to his children than a cousin because the extended Kardashian family is so close.

He said: "We're all such a close-knit family that all of our kids are more like brother and sister and not just cousins. It's bigger than just cousins."

"We all live within each other's lives, so yeah, it's like everyone is like everybody's [child]. So it's not going to be different when Rob and Chyna have their kid, that's going to be a sister or a brother to my kids."

While this will be Rob’s first experience of fatherhood, his partner Blac Chyna already shares a three-year-old son with Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend Tyga.

Rob and his fiancée are set to have their experience of pregnancy documented on a new reality show called Rob & Chyna which is due to hit screens later this year.

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